Antiviral Agents: Advances and Problems (Progress in Drug Research)
Ernest Jucker
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Paperback. The unfortunate appearance of AIDS, the manifold problems with herpesviruses and other viruses attacking humans have led to an enormous dynamism of worldwide research and to an immense increase in the corresponding literature. This title provides reviews on the development of antiviral agents in some important and widespread viral diseases. Editor(s): Jucker, Ernst. Series: Progress in Drug Research. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMFM; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484. Advances and Problems. Series: Progress in Drug Research. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Jucker, Ernst M. The unfortunate appearance of AIDS, the manifold problems with herpesviruses and other viruses attacking humans have led to an enormous dynamism of worldwide research and to an immense increase in the corresponding literature. This title provides reviews on the development of antiviral agents in some important and widespread viral diseases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: MMFM; MMG. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 15. Weight: 484.
In the treatment of infections caused by rapidly mutating viruses like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), combination therapy with multiple drugs act- ing by different mechanisms offers several advantages over monotherapy. It may provide: synergistic effect, possible reduction of dosages and side-effects, and reduction of the chance of drug resistance. In the past few years, hun- dreds of HIV protease inhibitors have been synthesized and tested in order to overcome the limitations of reverse transcriptase inhibitors like zidovudine and others. In this review, emphasis is placed on the development of HIV pro- tease inhibitors as antiviral agents against HIY, and structure-activity ... Read more
In the treatment of infections caused by rapidly mutating viruses like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), combination therapy with multiple drugs act- ing by different mechanisms offers several advantages over monotherapy. It may provide: synergistic effect, possible reduction of dosages and side-effects, and reduction of the chance of drug resistance. In the past few years, hun- dreds of HIV protease inhibitors have been synthesized and tested in order to overcome the limitations of reverse transcriptase inhibitors like zidovudine and others. In this review, emphasis is placed on the development of HIV pro- tease inhibitors as antiviral agents against HIY, and structure-activity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Series
Progress in Drug Research
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764365479
SKU
V9783764365479
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